Our Paw-steps Move On

Chapter 5

Chapter 5:

        Retriever had been lost, fallen out of a truck into the forest. His stomach growled with anger. He sighed and walked around. "Clara is gone, Dusty is gone, so is Aurora." he said with a shaky tone.

        He sniffed the air and a stale smell of a squirrel hit his nose. Retriever shook his head and continued sniffing around. After a while, the young dog had tracked down a squirrel. It was looking around for a place to keep it's acorns. Retriever dropped into a crouch and slowly moved towards the squirrel.

        Retriever then jumped after it but it ran away. "Crap!" he yelled and whimpered. He walked under a tree and laid there in a small ball. Crying himself to sleep.

        The next morning he slowly opened his eyes. Everything was blurry but his eye sight adjusted and he looked up at the sky only to see the trees blocking it. Little rays of sun escaped from the leaves and branches. He got up letting out a long yawn and shook the dirt off his pelt.

        Retriever looked back to where the highway was. It was filled with cars slowly moving behind each other. He shook his head and headed towards a small gap that lead out of the forest. Walking out, the young dog saw a huge mountain before him. His eyes widened when he saw a cave near the top. That was gonna be his new home for a while he thought.

        So he padded up to the bottom of the mountain. He unleashed his claws which were about an inch and a half long about now. Retriever jumped and clung on to the ledge of a rock. Slowly he made his way up, climbing ledge by ledge. One point he nearly slipped and fell to his death but caught himself.

        Finally, he had made it to the cave and as he entered it turned out to be ever dark.